Hill Street Girls
Contributors
Unknown Person
Fieldworkers
Date
25 June 1952
Track ID
72335
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1952.45.9
Original Tape ID
Summary
Hill Street girls are happy, happy as can be,
And when they meet the Paulies they gie them one, two, three.
When the Paulies asks for mair, we say that canna be,
For we are the Hill Street girls, Hill Street girls are we.
Item Notes
Text transcribed in School of Scottish Studies. 1 verse of 8 lines. Children's skipping rhyme. The 'Paulies' are the children of the nearby Catholic school, St Peter & St Paul. This is a bowdlerised version of a much more robust challenge song usually song by boys.
Recording Location
County - Angus
Parish - Dundee
Village/Place - Dundee, Hilltown
Language
English, Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good